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How can I talk my son out of this haircut?

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Tomboytown · 05/09/2018 16:05

This

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Rebecca36 · 05/09/2018 16:55

Can't see anything wrong with it, looks quite smart actually. Surely better than a bunhead?

TigerDroveAgain · 05/09/2018 16:59

I like it!

serbska · 05/09/2018 17:07

It’s nice, but will be lots of work to style

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Tomboytown · 05/09/2018 17:08

Ok panic over.
I was worried it was going to be too short, which it is. But it’s ok.

The barber did this really stupid thing while he was cutting it, he just clipped all the bottom while leaving this top bit, he looked like the village idiot.

He’s always had longish hair

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serbska · 05/09/2018 17:08

I’d let him have it, and if he finds the upkeep too tricky take him back for something easier to style. Be a good lesson in hair care for him.

CakeNinja · 05/09/2018 17:16

Hair is an area I really don’t care about with my dc. It grows. Let them make their own mistakes and allow them to feel they can make decisions regarding themselves that in reality, are very unimportant.
Hair isn’t a battle I’m willing to take on.
Dd last year got her waist length hair shaved underneath with a bit of length on top which can just about be tied into a top knot bun type thing.
She wasn’t bothered any longer with her hair, it was a pain to wash, brush and generally look after and decided that this would be much easier.
School policy is just that it isn’t dyed in a non natural colour and isn’t shorter than a grade 1 which I feel are sensible boundaries if they have to have some kind of guidelines.
The haircut your ds has chosen looks fine. Not what I’d choose, hence that’s not what my hair looks like, but I can’t see what there is to feel sick about.

stellabird · 05/09/2018 17:19

It's fine. He'll either look after it , or he won't and it'll grow out. Either way it's just hair.

HildaZelda · 05/09/2018 17:25

It's only hair. It'll grow.

mostdays · 05/09/2018 17:26

DS2 insisted on a ridiculous haircut I wouldn't have chosen this summer. His hair, his choice! My dm was still trying to dictate what i did with my hair when I was in my early 20s - she went into a massive sulk and stopped talking to me when I'd done something she didn't like- and I'd rather take a totally laissez faire approach to the dc's hair than end up being like that!

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Tomboytown · 05/09/2018 17:29

There really isn’t anything else that could be done with it. It’s really short, the long bit is fine.
My dad says he looks like he’s going in the marines😂

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CheeseAndOnionIceCream · 05/09/2018 17:38

That's not too bad! Before I saw it,I was thinking it was going to be one of those ghastly 'shaved at the sides but long on top and tied back into a ponytail/man-bun' jobs.

AlwaysPottering · 05/09/2018 17:42

It’s hair. Not permanent. Pick your battles. Could be a full facial tattoo

abbsisspartacus · 05/09/2018 17:42

My son is refusing all haircuts while simultaneously moaning he can't see shit 🤐🤷‍♀️I've given up and I'm saying nothing

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Tomboytown · 06/09/2018 08:57

Overnight he’s started checking himself out in the mirror!

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MrsJayy · 06/09/2018 08:59

Ah bless him posing 😁

foreverblessedbee · 06/09/2018 18:07

Cheeseandonion.....
"Before I saw it,I was thinking it was going to be one of those ghastly 'shaved at the sides but long on top and tied back into a ponytail/man-bun' jobs"....
That's be my middle boys new haircut then!!! Not that I'm the slightest bit worried as he loves it. He has autism and has been refusing to have it cut since February. So even though I don't like the cut, the style etc and he has never had anything like it before, he made a choice about what he wanted and managed to articulate it to me😊and even though i dont really care for it, its wonderdul that he ia now tying it back for school and I can see his gorgeous little face again.
Ok as for the pic at the beginning ing of the post it looks great, don't worry x I have 3 boys and like a other poster said, there are other battles to be had op

Racecardriver · 06/09/2018 18:10

Undercuts are really and truly over. They had their moment in 2012. Take comfort from the fact that it will grow out quickly and after bekng teased he won't cut it like that again.

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 06/09/2018 18:14

I've always let DS choose his hairstyle, even though some of them weren't my cup of tea (the number 1 skinhead, I'm looking at you). He's had longish shaggy hair, skin fades, spikes and everything in between, but it is him that has to live with it not me. I hated having a sensible bob at secondary school, couldn't wait to grow it out and perm it.

Flashingbeacon · 06/09/2018 18:17

My ds has his hair like this albeit shorter on top. He was whinging about shampooing it I offended him the choice of washing it or cutting it shorter. He has his own shampoo now.
What would you prefer he had?

Saggital · 06/09/2018 18:23

He looks older than 10 to me

MiddlingMum · 06/09/2018 18:44

I think hair products should be paid for out of pocket money.

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Tomboytown · 06/09/2018 19:01

I have a lot of products he can use. Stuff I’ve bought that doesn’t work on me.
He’s said he’ll be able to do it himself by Xmas. That’s his aim in life!!

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ToadOfSadness · 06/09/2018 19:13

Well ...

PlatypusPie · 06/09/2018 19:17

OMG , ToadOfSadness, if anything needed a warning, it was that/ those two !

ToadOfSadness · 06/09/2018 19:20

Sorry .

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